NLEmergent Ventures Fellowship
Mercatus Center at George Mason UniversityRemote
Why this is on the board
This is not a job but a grant: you submit an idea that does not exist yet, and if Emergent Ventures picks it, you get money to set it up, often before other funders have looked at it. That is where the leverage lies: at that early stage a small sum sometimes decides whether a project ever happens, though by no means every funded idea turns out well.
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About the role
A fellowship and grant programme supporting innovative, scalable projects aimed at social change worldwide. - Submit proposals for "zero to one" ideas addressing global challenges across multiple focus areas. - Applicants must be at least 13 years old; no AI-written applications accepted. - Dedicated funding tranches available for Africa, Caribbean, India, archaeology, travel, U.K., Ukraine, and U.S. science policy. - Low-overhead programme administered by Mercatus Center, offering fle…
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